THE CONDITIONALS

ARE MADE OF TWO SENTENCES WHICH

MAKE UP A PHRASE. (A MAIN SENTENCE AND
A CONDITIONAL)
Each sentence requires the use of a certain
tense in it. You can change the place of the
sentences ( you can start with the main
sentence and finish with the conditional or
you can start with the conditional and finish
with the main sentence), as long as you
preserve the tense they require.
The two sentences are linked by if
There are three types of conditionals in
English:
TYP MAIN
E
SENTENC
E
0
PRESENT

I BUY A
CAR
FUTURE

CONDITION PURPOSE
AL
PRESENT
IF I HAVE
MONEY.
PRESENT

GENERAL
TRUTH

SITUATIONS
THAT ARE
ALWAYS TRUE

3.

I WILL
BUY A
CAR
MODAL
(WOULD,
SHOULD,
COULD)

IF I HAVE
MONEY.

I WOULD
BUY A
CAR
WOULD+
HAVE+
PAST
PARTICIPL
E

IF I HAD
MONEY.

I WOULD
HAVE
BOUGHT
A CAR

PAST
SIMPLE

PAST
PERFECT
(HAD
+PAST
PARTICIPLE
)
IF I HAD
HAD
MONEY.

SITUATIONS
WHICH ARE
LIKELY TO BE
TRUE/CONDITI
ONS

SITUATIONS
THAT ARE
VERY UNLIKELY
TO BE
TRUE/REGRETS

PAST PERFECT

SB+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE

AN ACTION HAPPENING BEFORE ANOTHER

PAST ACTION. (I HAVE TO THINK WHICH
ACTION HAPPENED FIRST)
I REMEMBERED I HAD FORGOTTEN MY
GLASSES.
I HAD SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE YOU DID.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

SB+HAD+BEEN+VB+ING
AN ACTION IN PROGRESS HAPPENING
BEFORE ANOTHER PAST ACTION
I HAD BEEN WORKING ALL DAY IN THE
GARDEN BEFORE YOU CAME.